Air conditioning device



Dec. 28, 1937. A. w. CONLEY 2,103,344

AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE Filed Dec. 23, 1955 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

Patented Dec. 28,1937

cmreo sures PATENT @FFlCE Alli. GGNDITIONING DEVICE Arthur Conley, Shaker Heights, one

Application December 23, 1935, Serial No. 55,?55

.This invention relates to an air conditioning devicea-nd has for its principal ch set to provide a portable, inexpensive, inconspicuous and at the same time effective device for circulating and molstening the air in rooms, oifices, etc. A more limited object is to provide for ecceleretingthe evaporation of water by providing for maintainlog the temperature of a portion thereof at a higher point than the remainder. A still further object is to provide peculiarly effective, simple and inexpensive means for maintaining such difference in temperature.

With the foregoing and other objects in view theinv'ention consists in all the no'el lectures, constructions enderrengements ports herein cl-escrioed nd illustrate the accompany" 1g drawing in which l is 9. central, verti sectiona elon, section.

The numeral indicates fragments-lily e ced estel upon which is supported a. housing it provided with a flange .52 adapted to receive and be secured to c receptacle l3. receptacle ill has on upstrucl: boss i l arranged centrally of the bottom for reception on the under side thereof of an electric heater i5 controlled by a thermostat l responsive to the temperance of water in the receptacle l3. Inasmuch as the system affords numerous small heat leakages to the water" adjacent the thermostat it, it will also control the temperature of the water immediately above the heater l5.

cw or? one embodiment of my insen- 2 c plan view thereof s w i Surrounding the boss I4 is a. heat insulating partition ll comprising inner and outer walls spaced apart and secured together at their upper edges. This partition fits fairly loosely on the boss H thus permitting water to seep into the interior when the portion therein has coiled away enough to depress the level materially below that outside.

Supported. by any suitable means l8 above the receptacle i3 is a cover element is having a. perforated central upper portion 20 below which is supported an electric fan It.

The above described construction results in maintaining a central portion or water at a higher temperature than the outer portion and inducing a. current 01' air downwardly through 0 the element ii in vapor absorbing relation to the space within the partition I! and thence outwardly between the elements l3 and IS in a radial and horizontal current. The fan motor is supplied w th electric current by suitable conductors (not shown) connected to a suitable source of supply. The thermostat is is connected in series with the heater l5, shown.

While I have shown and described the present preferred embodiment of my invention, I wish it understood that the some can be embodied in numerous variant forms, end that 1 cm limited except in accordance with the appended claims and the prior Having thus descr feed my invention, whet I claim is:

l. in combination, in an air conditioning do vice, a, receptacle, enupstrucl: loose in the bottom thereof, a heater in said loose honest sold receptccle, and 9. heat insulating tion loosely over said slowly from outside to in sold partition comer joined at their tops o edges for between.

2. In combination, an air so vice, a receptacle, on us thereof, a. heater in solo eeptncle, and a. heat lnsul loosely over-said boss whereo we. slowly from outside to inside of said 3: said partition comprising spaced wells joined an their tops whereby to form 2, deed air space.

3. In combination, in on air conditlonln dew vice, a. receptacle, an upstruck boss in the botw pass slowly'from outside to inside ofv said perti- 4. In combination, in an air conditioning de v vice, a receptacle, an upstruck boss in the bottom thereof, a heater in said boss beneath said re ceptacle, and a heat insulating partition received loosely over said boss whereby water may o slowly from outside to inside of said partition, said partition comprising spaced walls joined at their tops whereby to form a dead air space, and means including a fan for producing a. circulation 01' air from outside said receptacle in vapor absorbing relation to the space within said partition and thence to the outside 0! said receptacle.

5. In combination, in an air conditioning device, a receptacle, an upstruck boss in the bottom thereof, a heater in said boss beneath said redially and horizontally to the outside of said receptacle.

6. In combination, in an air conditioning device, areceptacle, an upstruck boss in the bottom thereof, a heater in said boss beneath said receptacle, and a heat insulating'partition received loosely over said boss whereby water may pass slowly from outside to inside of said partition, said partition comprising spaced walls joined at their tops whereby to form a dead air space, and means including a fan for inducing a current of air to'fiow downward from the outside of said receptacleinto vaporabsorbing relation to the space within said partition and thence radially and horizontally to the outside of said 10 receptacle. ARTHUR. W. CONLEY. 

